Took too many pills

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-22-2003
Took too many pills
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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 1:00pm
I took one of my pills on time a few days ago, but was somewhat ill immediately afterwards, which made me a little nervous about whether it would be effective. So I took a second pill (the pill for the exact same day from a spare pack) about 15 minutes later and was fine for the rest of the day.

My question is: will this effect the remainder of my pack at all? I didn't skip any pills - I only took one extra pill on one day of the cycle. Can I continue on with the pack (including the placebo week) as if nothing happened? Or should I treat this differently? What's the safest course of action?

THANKS!!

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-15-2003
Wed, 09-29-2004 - 1:32pm
Did you actually vomit or have a bout of diarrhea within two hours of taking your pill? If you did, you did exactly the right thing by taking a pill from another pack! The pack you used one pill from is now only good as spares, but a spare pack isn't a bad thing (I always kept one).

If you weren't *actually* sick (I can't quite tell from what you wrote) you were being overly catious & didn't need to take the extra pill, but there shouldn't be any harm.

Either way, continue on as normal (finish the active pills, take the placebos, start a new pack on time) - you should be just fine because you didn't miss any doses of your pills!

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Registered: 10-22-2003
Wed, 09-29-2004 - 1:38pm
Sorry for the lack of clarity! Yes, I WAS actually sick within 5 minutes of taking Pill #1 (great timing), but NOT sick at all after taking Pill #2. I just wanted to make sure that Pill #2 would cover me for this cycle!